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6565. Port Maricaban, southern Luzon. July 21, 1908. Length 330 mm. 



7312. Sablayan Bay, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length 298 mm. 



A718. Danawan Island, vicinity of Sibuko Bay, Borneo. September 27, 1909. 



Length 361 mm. (Type.— Cat. No. 89985 U.S.N.M.). 

 A1515. Birabirahan Island, Borneo. December 31, 1909. Length 291 mm. 

 A738, A747. Sipadan Island, vicinity Sibuko Bay, Borneo. September 28, 1909. 



Length 276 to 290 mm. 

 (2102). Dutch East Indies. December 1, 1909. Length 185 mm. 

 A969. Binang Unang Island, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length 273 mm. 

 A1032. Buka Buka Island, Celebes. November 20, 1909. Length 266 mm. 

 A1042. West of Malibagu Point, Celebes. November21, 1909. Length293mm. 

 A1161, A1173, 13030, 19945. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. 



Length 155 to 288 mm. (2101). 

 Allll. Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length 283 mm. 

 A1066. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 25, 1909. Length 292 mm. 



Genus SERRANUS Cuvier 



Serranus Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 2, 1817, p. 76. Type Perca gigas 



Brunnich, designated by Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1907, p. 252. 

 Daba Forskal, Descript. Animal. , 1775, p .44. Type Perca areolata Forsk Al, 



tautotypic vernacular. (Inadmissible.) 

 Chrysomelanus (Plumier) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, p. 160. 



Type Chrysomelanus piscus (Plumier) Lacepede = »Spar«s chrysomelanus 



Lacepede, tautotypic. (Inadmissible.) 

 Merou (Cuvier) Bonaparte, Prosp. Syst. Itt. Gen., 1831, p. 101. Type Perca 



gigas Brunnich, designated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, pt. 2, 1919, 



p. 17.5. 

 Cerna Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Pesc. (Introd. Class. Poiss.), vol. 3, pt. 



1, 1833-41, no pagination. Type Perca gigas Brunnich, monotypic. 

 Cynichthys Swainson, Lardner's Cab. Cyclop. (Nat. Hist. Animals), Fishes, 



vol. 2, 1839, pp. 168, 201. Type Perca flavopurpurea Bennett, monotypic. 

 Hyporthodus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, p. 98. Type 



Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, monotypic. 

 Schistoris Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, p. 98. Type 



Serranus mystacinus Poey, monotypic. 

 Labroperca Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 236. Type 



Serranus labriformis Jenyns, orthotypic. 

 Priacanthichthys Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 193. Type Pria- 



canthichthys maderaspatensis Day, monotypic. 

 Merus Poey, Ann. Lye. New York, vol. 10, 1871, p. 39. Type Perca gigas 



Brunnich, orthotypic. 

 Homalogrystes Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 



vol. 1, 1876, p. 268. Type Homalogrystes guntheri Alleyne and Mac- 

 leay, monotypic. 

 Hyposerranus Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 3. Type Serranus 



morrhua Valenciennes, designated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, pt. 4, 



1920, p. 429. 

 Phrynotitan Gill, Standard Nat. Hist., vol. 3, 1885, p. 255. Type Batrachus 



gigas Gunther, orthotypic. 



Body stout, compressed. Mouth large. Maxillary with supple- 

 mental bone well developed. Enlarged teeth of inner series of each 



